Thanks Lis and Valerie
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jun 23 14:28:53 2005
Hi Lis,
I actually like Yasmin overall, at least in comparison to the other bc
pills I've tried. I think that it has really helped my cramps; I used
to have excruciatingly painful cramps, and now I only have to take one
dose of Advil when they start, and they go away! So...I do recommend it,
though it has also contributed to my Depression, so if you have
tendencies towards depression or anyone in your family has depression,
you might want to talk to your doctor, first.
Anyway...thank you both for the advice..Valerie, I'll check out the
insurance that you mentioned..at this point I want to see an outside
doctor because I haven't had an ultrasound re-check for endo since
2002....
At Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Lis wrote:
>
>Hello...well i can relate completely to the bloating and pain!! I am
>going through that now...i feel like i am pregnant! I was just in the
>hospital for about 2 weeks for extreme adominal pain...my stomach was
>bloated to the point where i thought it would explode and i couldn't
>stop vomiting. Well to make a long story short it turns out my
>gallbladder wasn't functioning at all. So i had my fourth surgery and
>they removed my gallbladder. Well i thought that would be it but two
>days later i was back admitted to the hosp. still bloated and in pain.
>They did all tests and an endoscopy to find that my stomach is
>completely inflammed and covered with ulcers....they said my body
>couldn't handle the surgeries( i had surgery three weeks prior to the
>gallbladder for my endo and they removed my appendix also bc it was
>attached to my uturus and ready to explode!!) also all the meds burnt a
>hole in my stomach! So now im dealing with the endo pain (which i also
>found out in the hosp that i had another cyst that ruputured which was
>causing all the lower pain), the surgery from my gallbladder and now the
>inflamation of my stomach. Sorry to sound like i'm complaining but like
>you i'm fed up. I just want to be normal to have one pain free day. My
>stomach is still bloated and no sign of it going down...maybe you have
>an ulcer or inflammation of the stomach as well...for that you would
>have to see a GI dr. Well i wish you luck and hopefully your pain goes
>away...feel free to email me...
>
>-Lis
>
>P.S How has the Yasmin worked for you? I am starting that next month??
>Does it help?? Thanks :)
>
>At Thu, 23 Jun 2005, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>This is both a vent and also to see if anyone has experienced what I am
>>experiencing. I am 28 and have been dealing with endo since I was 23.
>>I've had surgeries, been on danazol, and have since been on birth
>>control pills (not continuously) to treat the endo. I've been on the
>>pill Yasmin for the past 2 years.
>>
>>Off and on since I had two surgeries to remove 1 ruptured and 1 8mm cyst
>>(surgeries were 6 months apart in the year 2000), I have had a bloated
>>abdomen--it looks like a distended stomach and ranges from my laporotomy
>>scar to my belly button. Over the past few months, the distended
>>stomach has gotten really bad--I feel like I'm pregnant! --and it's
>>quite noticable because I am very slender, which = embarrassing. I've
>>also had pain and pressure in my lower left abdomen and along my
>>laporotomy scar, and some constipation in spite of trying to eat enough
>>fiber each day.
>>
>>I went to see the doctor a month ago, and it was a very frustrating and
>>somewhat humiliating experience; she was not my regular doctor (I have
>>health care through a student health center because I am a graduate
>>student), and she was actually quite unprofessional and very cold /
>>mean. She didn't know my history at all, and looked through my chart
>>and then said "she didn't really know what to tell me; she had no idea
>>what was causing the pain", and then said to me "i don't know what you
>>want to do about this..I have no answer for you." after feeling my
>>ovaries and uterus. I have also been undergoing treatment for
>>Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Depression since January, and have been
>>on anti-depressants for these conditions. This doctor had the audacity
>>to suggest that my physical symptoms were "all in my head due to my
>>anxiety and depression". I left the clinic feeling embarrassed and very
>>frustrated.
>>
>>I cannot see my regular doctor at the clinic (who is great and
>>understanding) until school begins again in August, and I am wondering
>>if anyone else has any advice or anything that I can do about the
>>bloating. I have been keeping a pain journal to see if there is any
>>pattern to my pain and bloating.
>>
>>Thank you for any advice or stories like mine...
>
>--
><3 Lis
>
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